Fuel tanker truck blast kills at least 60 in Nigeria
- The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in North-Central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said on Sunday.
- An additional 55 people were injured and are receiving treatment at three different hospitals in the Suleja area, according to Hussaini Isah of the National Emergency Management Agency.
- The blast occurred when individuals attempted to transfer gasoline from a crashed oil tanker into another truck using a generator, sparking the explosion.
- The price of fuel in Nigeria has soared more than 400% since President Bola Tinubu scrapped a decades-old subsidy when he took office in May 2023.
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